ENS Event | |
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04:00 Sep 10, 2016 | |
| Title | Theft of Troxler Moisture-Density Gauge |
| Event Description | Sometime between midnight and 2:30 AM on 09/10/16, a Troxler Moisture-Density Gauge Model 3440, S/N 69105, was stolen from the back of a pickup truck parked at the Sleep Inn in Beaver, WV. The Troxler Model 3440 typically contains two sources; 8 mCi Cs-137 and 40 mCi Am-241/Be. Surveillance video provided to the LLEA (Raleigh Police Department) shows an individual parking a white pickup truck next to the truck containing the gauge and subsequently transferring the gauge box to the white pickup. The licensee confirmed that the gauge was locked and properly secured prior to the theft.
THIS MATERIAL EVENT CONTAINS A "LESS THAN CAT 3" LEVEL OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Sources that are "Less than IAEA Category 3 sources," are either sources that are very unlikely to cause permanent injury to individuals or contain a very small amount of radioactive material that would not cause any permanent injury. Some of these sources, such as moisture density gauges or thickness gauges that are Category 4, the amount of unshielded radioactive material, if not safely managed or securely protected, could possibly - although it is unlikely - temporarily injure someone who handled it or were otherwise in contact with it, or who were close to it for a period of many weeks. For additional information go to http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub1227_web.pdf |
| Where | |
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| Thrasher Engineering, Inc. Bridgeport, West Virginia (NRC Region 1) | |
| License number: | 47-23065-01 |
| Organization: | Thrasher Engineering, Inc. |
| Reporting | |
| 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
| Time - Person (Reporting Time:+11.75 h0.49 days <br />0.0699 weeks <br />0.0161 months <br />) | |
| Opened: | Randy Means 15:45 Sep 10, 2016 |
| NRC Officer: | Steve Sandin |
| Last Updated: | Sep 10, 2016 |
| 52233 - NRC Website | |
Thrasher Engineering, Inc. with 10 CFR 20.2201(a)(1)(i) | |
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